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18 sessions to feature 3-day DC conference
DHAKA, July 24, 2018 (BSS) – A total of 18 sessions will be held in the three-day Deputy Commissioners (DC) conference which began here today.
“The Deputy Commissioners will participate in eighteen sessions of this three-day conference and get an opportunity to convey field level problems and potentials directly to the highest policy making level,” said the cabinet secretary while participating at the inaugural function here.
“In a nutshell, this conference is a bridge between the field-level officers – the DCs – and the top government bodies which helps the overall progress of the government’s work at district level,” he added.
The DCs are also heads of the law and order committees in the districts and they act, during elections, as district magistrates, playing a pivotal role during both the local and the national elections under the supervision of the Election Commission.
On occasions, they also play the role of returning officers during polls when the Election Commission has a shortage of manpower.
On the first day, five more sessions were held where officials of different ministries and divisions exchanged views with the deputy commissioners. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the conference at Shapla Hall of her Tejgaon office this morning.
State Minister for Public Administration Ismat Ara Sadeque and Principal Secretary M Nazibur Rahman also spoke at the function. Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam gave the welcome address at the inaugural function.
Besides, Deputy Commissioner of Munshiganj Shaila Farzana, Deputy Commissioner of Naogaon Mizanur Rahman, Deputy Commissioner of Chauadanga Ziauddin Ahmed, Divisional Commissioner of Rajshahi M Nur-Ur-Rahman spoke on behalf of the field level officers.
Cabinet members, Prime Minister’s Advisors, senior secretaries and secretaries of different ministries, high military and civil officials, deputy commissioners and divisional commissioners were also present at the inaugural function.
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